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                             Mahjong Block FAQ
                            For the NES/Famicom
                       Version 1.0 (Created 2/18/2010)
                              By Devin Morgan

      This file is Copyright (c)2010 Devin Morgan. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

1. What's New
2. Introduction
3. Controls
4. Overview
5. Copyright Notice

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Version 1.0 (2/18/10): The first version.

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Mahjong Block is a clone of various other games, most notably Tetris, in its 
concept. It involves Mahjong tiles, and the objective is to line up three of 
the same tiles to clear them. To advance to the next stage, you simply need 
to clear a certain number of tile groups, though it gets a little more 
involved than that as you go along. Nonetheless, it is a simple game to check 
out, and worth it if you're a fan of the typical falling-block games.

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Control Pad: Move cursor, move piece left/right during game

A: Quickly move piece directly downward, switch options on game setup screen

Start: Pause/resume game

Select: Move between options on game setup screen

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General Gameplay
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When you start the game, you will have a few options you can switch. You can 
change the difficulty setting (Easy, Norm, Hard), the SCC Next (affects 
visibility during gameplay), and if there is background music playing. Once 
you are ready, move the cursor to the Exit option and press Start to begin.

Now for the actual gameplay, you will see your score and a tally on the 
bottom of the screen. The tally will have something like "x15" or "x30" 
initially; this is the amount of pairs you need to make in order to go on to 
the next stage. Mahjong pieces will fall from above, one at a time, and they 
will pile up in your playing area.

The objective is to line up three of the same tile (vertically, horizontally, 
or diagonally) to clear them, thus counting down your tally. However, it's 
not always that simple. In some stages, you need to line them up horizontally 
in order for it to count, and others need to be set up diagonally.

There are different sets of tiles used in each round, but they are all 
generally the same: there are numbered tiles from 0-9, and a wildcard tile 
(shown as a flower tile). You can use a flower tile to clear a set of tiles 
if you already have two of them lined up properly. Otherwise, you must either 
line up three of the same tiles, or three in a sequence (for example, 2-3-4 
or 8-9-0). You can make a combination chain, where if you clear one line of 
tiles, the tiles above it can fall into their new positions, forming another 
set. This can be helpful, but don't go out of your way to try this, or you 
may end up losing! Anyway, once you clear the quota tallied at the bottom, 
you go on to the next stage.

The best advice is to not let your tiles pile up too high, since if you stack 
them to the top, no new tiles can appear and the game will be over. In the 
later stages, there will already be tiles stacked in the playing field when 
you begin, giving you less open space to work with. As for the pieces 
themselves, they will generally have small circles on them, signifying the 
value of that tile. One particular set of tiles in some stages use Japanese 
symbols for the numbers. If you want a good resource to see what those pieces 
mean, go here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_tiles

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